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Author : Ryder Windham
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545213592
Han Solo and Chewbacca look forward to doing an easy job for Jabba the Hutt, but when they are sent to Shinbone for an assignment they realize nothing is ever simple when working for him.
Author : Jonathan Wilkins
Publisher : Titan Comics
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781785856006
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Author : Peter A. French
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780585080598
For many of us, the image of the cowboy hero facing off against the villain dominates our memories of the movies. Peter French examines the world of the western, one in which death is annihilation, the culmination of life, and there is nothing else. In that world he finds alternatives to Judeo-Christian traditions that dominate our ethical theories, alternatives that also attack the views of the most prominent ethicists of the past three centuries. More than just a meditation on the portrayal of the good, the bad, and the ugly on the big screen, French's work identifies an attitude toward life that he claims is one of the most distinctive and enduring elements of American culture.
Author : Mike Baron
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1402709471
Lovers of Scrabble[registered] and other language-based games will boost their chances to win with these huge, incredibly thorough word lists. Study it to increase your vocabulary, especially of words with hard-to-use J, Q, X, and Z; to understand the different letter combinations that frequently come up; and to get more hooks, those letters that can extend words already on the board for extra points. There's a cheat sheet that includes 2 and 3 letter words and their hooks; vowel dumps; and more. Load up on vowel-heavy words, including ones with multiple i and u. Find out which short words don't take s endings, or which finish in a surprise s. Get the best of the bingos, as well as alphagrams. The introduction comes from World Scrabble[registered] Champion Brian Cappelletto.
Author : Sorcha Ní Fhlainn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786457656
A critical examination of the cultural, cinematic, and historical contexts of the Back to the Future trilogy, this book provides a multi-focal representation of the trilogy from several interdisciplinary fields, including philosophy, literature, music, pop culture, and media and gender studies. Topics include sexual symbolism in the trilogy and the oedipal plotting of the first film; nostalgia and the suburban dream in the cultural climate of the 1980s; generic play and performance throughout the trilogy; the emotional and narrative force provided by the films' renowned musical scores; the trilogy's post-modern references and allusions to the Western genre; female representations across the trilogy; and the Lacanian philosophical constructs in the characterizations of Doc Brown and George and Marty McFly.
Author : Sidney A. Pearson
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739135648
In Print the Legend: Politics, Culture, and Civic Virtue in the Films of John Ford, a collection of writers explore Ford's view of politics, popular culture, and civic virtue in some of his best films: Drums Along the Mohawk, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Stagecoach, How Green Was My Valley, and The Last Hurrah. John Ford, more than most motion picture directors, invites his viewers into a serious discussion of these themes. For instance, one can consider Plato's timeless question 'What is justice?' in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, vengeance as classical Greek tragedy in The Searchers, or ethnic politics in The Last Hurrah. Ford's films never grow stale or seem dated because he continually probes the most important questions of our civic culture: what must we do to survive, prosper, pursue happiness, and retain our common decency as a regime? Further, viewing them from a distance of time, we are subtly invited to ask whether anything has been lost or gained since Ford celebrated the civic virtues of an earlier America. Is Ford's America an idealized America or a lost America?
Author : Mary Lea Bandy,Kevin Stoehr
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520953475
This comprehensive study of the Western covers its history from the early silent era to recent spins on the genre in films such as No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, True Grit, and Cowboys & Aliens. While providing fresh perspectives on landmarks such as Stagecoach, Red River, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and The Wild Bunch, the authors also pay tribute to many under-appreciated Westerns. Ride, Boldly Ride explores major phases of the Western’s development, including silent era oaters, A-production classics of the 1930s and early 1940s, and the more psychologically complex portrayals of the Westerner that emerged after World War II. The authors also examine various forms of genre-revival and genre-revisionism that have recurred over the past half-century, culminating especially in the masterworks of Clint Eastwood. They consider themes such as the inner life of the Western hero, the importance of the natural landscape, the roles played by women, the tension between myth and history, the depiction of the Native American, and the juxtaposing of comedy and tragedy. Written in clear, engaging prose, this is the only survey that encompasses the entire history of this long-lived and much-loved genre.
Author : Ryder Windham
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780545213585
Starship captain Han Solo and his copilot Chewbacca run into trouble when they are hired by Jabba the Hutt to pick up a cargo container at Fornax Station.
Author : Steven Johnston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107100602
American Dionysia reveals that classic and contemporary resources of tragedy can counter the violence inherent in democracy.
Author : Geoffrey O'Brien
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781619022225
"We watch what is moving fast from a platform that is also moving fast," writes Geoffrey O'Brien in the beginning of Stolen Glimpses, Captive Shadows. This collection—gathering the best of a decade's worth of writing on film by one of our most bracing and imaginative critics—ranges freely over the past, present, and future of the movies, from the primal visual poetry of the silent era to the dizzying permutations of the merging digital age. Here are 38 searching essays on contemporary blockbusters like Spider–Man and Minority Report; recent innovative triumphs like The Tree of Life and Beasts of the Southern Wild; and the intricacies of genre mythmaking from Chinese martial arts films to the horror classics of Val Lewton. O'Brien probes the visionary art of classic filmmakers—von Sternberg, Fod, Cocteau, Kurosawa, Godard—and the implications of such diverse recent work as Farenheit 9/11, The Passion of Christ, and The Sopranos. Each of these pieces is alert to the always–surprising intersections between screen life and real life, and the way that film from the beginning has shaped our sense of memory and history.
Author : Dan Shaw
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441188281
Morality and the Movies presents the ideal introduction to philosophical ethics for film lovers. Dan Shaw uses a series of sixteen popular films, including Hotel Rwanda, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, A Clockwork Orange, Dead Man Walking and Full Metal Jacket, to illustrate all the major ethical theories and key contemporary moral issues. The book provides a brief summary and philosophical interpretation of each film, with reference throughout to primary philosophical sources. A unique pedagogical feature is that each chapter begins with a five-step summary of the theoretical position in question and a critical evaluation of its strengths and weaknesses through a specific film. Topics covered include: - divine authority - the social contract - moral relativism - virtue ethics - freedom and determinism - euthanasia - capital punishment - war and terrorism - abortion - business ethics Ideal for undergraduate students coming to philosophical ethics for the first time, this book utilizes popular film to introduce a central topic in the study of philosophy.
Author : Robert Stark
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780192884763
Ernest Dowson (1867-1900) was a British writer of the fin de siècle period, widely seen as the most representative example of the 'tragic generation' of decadent poets. This book presents a full-length and coherent reading of Dowson's oeuvre for the first time in English.
Author : Steven Lubet
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780814751749
A novel and engaging analysis of the role of storytelling in trial advocacy
Author : Bob Jackman
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781466952546
The English Language Word Builder organizes English words in a way that is beneficial to anyone wishing to improve their vocabulary, from those learning the English language through to those wishing to excel at word games such as Scrabble. The book contains the basic form of some 82,500 words from two to nine letters in length, and is organized in chapters depending on the word length. Within each chapter, words are designated as either familiar or less familiar, with the familiar words deemed to be those of most use when communicating in English. With the exception of less familiar nine-letter words, each word is assigned a part of speech which is evident from formatting applied. For example, underlining indicates verbs while bold type indicates adjectives and other words that cannot be pluralized. Symbols are used to indicate additional forms of each basic word, with a special symbol being used to designate irregular verbs. Within sections of familiar words in each chapter, words are grouped in accordance with their part of speech. Within sections of less familiar words, words are grouped firstly into those which are built from shorter words, and then into all other words with various groupings depending on the word length. Available single letter extensions of basic words are shown by a lower case letter at the end of each capitalized main word. This enables users of the book to build on their existing vocabulary to make new words, either for use in word games or in communicating in English.
Author : Fred Landesman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476609225
Decades after his death, annual Gallop polls reveal that Marion Morrison is still firmly implanted among the top-ten favorite motion picture celebrities and American heroes. Most of us know this box office star as John Wayne. This comprehensive volume covers his expansive film career, from 1926 to 1976. Listed in alphabetical order are entries on films such as Angel and the Badman and Noah’s Ark that exemplify the more than 170 films that the actor worked on. Each entry includes the film’s date, run time, cast and crew credits, reviews, and a synopsis. Also under each entry is a special section devoted to rare information and interesting details such as where the productions were shot, budgets, costs, salaries, box-office performance, alternate casting and what competition existed for the moviegoer audience. Also included in this reference work are over 650 capsule biographies of the talent that shared the screen with the actor and worked on the productions, and over 800 contemporary reviews and commentary from such diverse sources as The New York Times, Hollywood Reporter, and Life Magazine. There is a series of five helpful Appendices: Appendix A lists films by order of their release dates; Appendix B lists Wayne’s fellow actors and colleagues and tells under which entry the relevant capsule biography may be located; Appendix C offers specific review information for the films; Appendix D provides facts on the biggest box office films; and Appendix E details the most popular films on television.
